The Mindy Ross Gallery is the venue for a solo exhibit by Naomi Berkery entitledLine of Thought. It runs June 12 through July 25.

Berkery creates emotive works which are “deeply personal celebrations of authenticity and visual expression.” Within each work is “a moment, a conversation, a thought, a feeling, a reaction, a fantasy, a recollection” states Berkery. The works demonstrate the confluence of the varied concepts of Street Art and Graffiti, Surrealism and Neo-Expressionism amidst the “fusion of city meets nature … in the Hudson Valley.” The artworks are full of color, imagery, and texture.

Gallery hours: 8am -8pm Monday �" Thursday; closed Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. However, the gallery is open Saturday, July 15 from 11:30am to 4pm.

The Mindy Ross Gallery is situated within Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange, GPS: 73 First St, Newburgh, where free parking is available in the college garage.

Naomi Berkery is a graduate of Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn where she received an

MFA in Art and Design Education with a concentration in Art Therapy. Presently, she is

the head of the Art department/Head Teacher for Special Needs students at a school in Manhattan grades 4 -12 working with over 300 students diagnosed with severe learning disabilities like ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, NVLD.

She resides in Newburgh where she grew up.